It doesn’t take much fabric. It just takes a bit of math and maybe an hour or less.

You need:

about 1/3 a yard of cotton fabric, depending on how large your basket is
measuring tape
rotary cutter, ruler and mat {optional but very nice to have}
sewing machine

safety pin

STEP ONE: Size up your basket and cut your fabric.

Get the diameter of the bottom… {as you can see this one had some hot glue stuck to the bottom…I got it from the thrift store…so it REALLY needs a liner}

the top – not including the basket rim,

the height of the basket

and the width of the rim.

Take all those measurements and bust out your calculator.

You want to take your diameter measurements and plug them into this equation:

diameter x pi = circumference

Take those two circumference measurements, add 1/2 inch for seam allowance {1/4 in. on both ends} and cut a trapezoid piece.

Edited to add…Thanks to my sweet reader Connie, I realized I am showing this measurement incorrectly. You want to take HALF of the circumferences and use them for the top and bottom lengths of your trapezoid. The height should stay the same. Sorry for the confusion.

For the height you want to take the height of the basket, add the width of the rim and then add about 3 inches.

For example. My basket was 4 inches tall and 1 inch in rim width.

4 in. + 1 in. + 3 in. = 8 inches

Cut two identical trapezoids.

Now cut a circle using the bottom diameter measurement. I went hunting through my kitchen bowls, pans, and lids to find the closest size I could. I then traced it on my fabric and cut it.

One last cut…cut 1 1/2 inch strips for the ties. I am sorry, I forgot to measure but I had to piece them together because they were too short anyway. I think my finished ties were about 48 inches {2 feet} long. You need two ties.

STEP TWO: Sew pieces together.

First, sew the trapezoids together short end to short end. But only sew up a few inches. I sewed about 3 inches and ended up picking out half of an inch off of that.

Then pin the shorter side of the trapezoid pieces to the circle and sew all the way around.

Sew the raw edges of the unsewn sides of the trapezoid under.

underside view

top side. You see how I back-stitched over the beginning of the split to reinforce it and make it sturdy?

Now fold the long end about an inch {I did 3/4 inch} and sew under to make a casing for the ties.

Make your ties. Fold in half, sew and turn inside out with a safety pin.

As I mentioned earlier…I had to piece mine together. I joined it like you would with quilt binding and bias tape.

Now knot the ends.

Use that safety pin to thread them through the casings.

And fit it on your basket.

Ah…lovely.

Add your Easter grass and plastic eggs.

And you are done!

Your baskets are all dressed up and ready for Easter egg hunting.

I made a yellow one for this basket. Then I repainted the basket {because it needed it} but I made it a very…hmmm…unique color. I’ll have to show you soon. I still don’t know how I feel about it.

Yay… I am one step closer to being ready for Easter. Now I just need to finish collecting little basket fillers.

Hey Delia it is Ashley Wood. I met you at the young women broadcast. I just wanted to say hi, and say I absolutely love your blog, you have such great ideas and tutorials. Thanks for sharing your talent!

Beautiful! That actually looks pretty easy. I've thought about Easter a few times, but then the thought passes before I get anything done. I doubt I'll have anything crafty accomplished this year for Easter.

Only problem I had trying to make it was my basket was taller and MUCH harder to do this way… I have tried 2x and both came out too small at the top.. 🙁 I may have to modify it to make it work for my baskets!

I just wanted to say that your tutorial is much clearer than the one you linked to at the beginning of your post. After reading both, I came back to read yours again and see what made it so easy to follow. I teach crafts and am always looking for good, clear directions for projects.Thanks for laying it out nice and simple. And your results are charming too!

Thank you for posting up your clear instructions and photos. I was looking everywhere on the internet for a pattern to line my round wicker basket with handles, and found your pattern. Thanks so much for sharing.

Hi Linda! I would love to help. I hope I’m understanding your question correctly. The diameter is the length straight across the middle of your basket and pi is 3.14. Let me know if you have more questions and I’ll do my best to help. 🙂

ooh…that can be a little trickier math wise, but doable, I think. I don’t have a precise answer because I haven’t done it, but I would either kind of wing it. Maybe use the largest diameter and cut everything for a circle and then cut it down to an oval, then trim away excess of the liner that comes up the sides. OR I would divide the bottom oval shape into two semi circles and a rectangle and then do some creative math to get it just right. Does that make sense?

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